Ep 10 Sharon, Nurse, Author and Adventurer

‘Living with Ovarian Cancer’ is a Podcast full of inspiring stories told by Women or their loved ones, who themselves have lived with, or are still living with Ovarian Cancer. Each Woman’s story is a gift; unique and is told from the heart in their own words. I am your host, Diane Evans-Wood. In this episode, I am talking to Sharon Dobbs-Richards, who recounts the harrowing experiences that led to her eventual diagnosis of High Grade Serous Ovarian Cancer. Sharon went from being a fit, adventurous and athletic woman at the height of her Nursing career to being unable to breathe, walk or function. She really felt she was going to die because she was so ill. This story encompasses Sharon’s diagnosis, treatment and recurrences with a frank discussion about how she was failed to be diagnosed for a long period of time. Eventually after several courses of chemotherapy, Sharon’s body could no longer cope with further conventional medical treatment so after a period of recovery she embraced Integrative Oncology which she feels has saved her life. Sharon spoke to me in this episode before her return to work the following week but she has been very busy writing her first book during her time off. “How to kill your gynaecologist” will be available in May 2021. Content warning: we talk about the despair Sharon felt before being diagnosed and how she felt that she was dying. To learn more about Sharon, please visit her website here: www.sharondobbs-richards.com To contact her regarding her book please email sharon@sharondobbs-richards.com Sharon and I talked about Integrative Oncology and in particular Mistletoe Treatment. You can find more here by following this link https://www.bsio.org.uk Sharon also mentioned Trew Fields community which you can find more about here https://trewfields.com/info/ Thank you so much for listening to ‘Living with Ovarian Cancer’. If you want to get in touch with me or you would like to tell your own story on this Podcast about living with Ovarian Cancer, please email diane.evanswood@gmail.com You can find more information about me on my website by following this link: https://dianeevanswood.wordpress.com My sincere gratitude to Gary and Ruthie Colcombe who continue to carry out all the editing and uploading of each episode of this Podcast. I couldn’t have managed without them! You can find their Podcasts here http://celticmythpodshow.comand https://inbedwithadruid.com Intro and outro music is called ‘Waltz for the little mermaid’ by Meidi Goh. To read more about Meidi please follow this link http://meidigoh.com Before you go, please don’t forget to click ‘subscribe’ to this Podcast so that you don’t miss future episodes and also if you could leave a rating, I’d be very grateful.